Serbia: Revoke Ban on Belgrade Pride Parade
Repost from Human Rights Watch (Berlin) – Serbia’s ban on the Belgrade Pride Parade, scheduled for October 6, 2012, violates the country’s international legal obligations and should be…
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Uganda: Growing Intimidation, Threats to Civil Society
(Nairobi, August 21, 2012) – Research and advocacy organizations in Uganda that deal with controversial topics are facing increasing harassment by Uganda’s government, Human Rights Watch said in…
Read moreGlobal Post begins series on the global battle over LGBT rights
Global Post an international news publication has begin its series “The Rainbow Struggle: A Global Battle Over Gay Rights“. A team of four writers and photo journalists will…
Read moreCalling on Cameroon government to end the persecution of gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations
Press Release from Amnesty International The Cameroonian authorities must end the persecution of gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations, five human rights organizations…
Read moreHungary: Ruling on Gay March a Human Rights Victory Hu
press release from Council member, Human Rights Watch Hungary: Ruling on Gay March a Human Rights Victory Protect Demonstrators from Violence, Guarantee Rights to Expression, Assembly (New York,…
Read moreUganda: Promptly Investigate Killing of Prominent LGBT Activist
repost from Council for Global Equality member organization, Human Rights Watch David Kato Was Fearless Voice for Human Rights January 27, 2011 (Kampala) - Police in Uganda should…
Read moreAn LGBT Response to the State Department’s UPR Report
By Julie Dorf, Senior Advisor The best part of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s livid reaction to the U.S. report to the United Nations on our country’s human rights…
Read moreUgandan Human Rights Activist Focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Advocacy in the United States, Visits Washington, D.C., Louisville, and Salt Lake City
U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC July 9, 2010 Ugandan Human Rights Activist Focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Advocacy in the United…
Read moreAn unfair attack on gay troops – latimes.com
The massacre at Srebrenica was a tragedy, but the Dutch army’s policy allowing gays in the military had nothing to do with it. by Boris Dittrich Published in:…
Read moreUpdates on Uganda from a Washington Perspective
December 14, 2009–As the Council for Global Equality attempts to keep pressure on the United States government to do all it can to stop the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” from…
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